Miscellaneous Civil Aviation Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a circa early World War II shoulder patch for the United Aircraft Institute (UAI) of Dallas, Texas. The primary purpose of the Institution was to train aircraft workers for the aviation industry. The patch is in blue cotton twill and...

ARTIFACT: Late 1930’s – WWII Wright Aero Corp. 10 year service pin in 10K gold by Whitehead & Hoag. The intricately detailed lapel pin features a two-dimensional globe with red enameled wings on either side and surrounding it reads: “WRIGHT AERO CORP”...

ARTIFACT: Great circa 1943 Wright Aircraft Engines, a division of Curtiss-Wright, sterling lapel wing. The center of the wing features a globe showing the continents in raised enamel detail and an outer ring reads: “WRIGHT AIRCRAFT ENGINES” VINTAGE:...

ARTIFACT: Fabulous, minty WWII Glenn L. Martin Aircraft Co. Factory / Tech Rep. painted auto plate topper in unused condition. The topper displays the company logo, a red, white, and blue circle resembling a bullseye with a white star in the center that...

ARTIFACT: Rare 1930’s Bell Aircraft employee lapel pin. Bell was an aircraft manufacturer, founded in 1935, most notable for the Bell X-1, the first supersonic aircraft. The company also provided a variety of fighter aircraft during WWII. The lapel pin...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful, late 1920’s Dornier Flying Boat tie bar in enamel and gilt brass. In 1929, Dornier built the large, heavy, and powerful craft in Germany – the project was financed by the German government. The capacity for carrying passengers was...

ARTIFACT: Rare 1930's American Motorless Aviation Corporation Cape Cod, Massachusetts Glider School 1st Class Glider badge by Whitehead & Hoag in Newark, New Jersey. The AMAC in Cape Cod was one of two glider/soaring schools in the country, the other...

ARTIFACT: Rare 1930's American Motorless Aviation Corporation Cape Cod, Massachusetts Glider School 3rd Class Glider badge by Whitehead & Hoag in Newark, New Jersey. The AMAC in Cape Cod was one of two glider/soaring schools in the country, the other...

ARTIFACT: Very rare circa 1930 American Motorless Aviation Corporation Cape Cod, Massachusetts Glider School lapel pin by Whitehead & Hoag in Newark, New Jersey. The AMAC in Cape Cod was one of two glider/soaring schools in the country, the other was...

ARTIFACT: This is a great enameled graduation lapel wing for the Curtiss-Wright Technical Institute of Aeronautics. Established in 1929, the California school provided air crew mechanic training during World War II. The wing is by Entenmann and reads...

ARTIFACT: Beautiful WWII Eastern Aircraft War Worker lapel pin. Eastern Aircraft was a division of General Motors that built the FM-2 Wildcat for the United States Navy in WWII. The pin is a winged five-point star bearing a red center encircled by a ring...

ARTIFACT: Great Space-Race era 1970's McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company (now Aerospace) of Huntington Beach, California photo identification badge or entry pass named to: "J M GRAHAM 07637" and reads: "RETIRED 1974". The...